Friday 22 January, 2021
Robert Serry had been accosted by gunmen outside naval headquarters in Simferopol.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia will “not allow bloodshed” in Ukraine.
It successfully hit a target in Kazakhstan, the Russian government says.
Eamon Gilmore met with Ambassador Maxim Peshkov earlier this afternoon over the on-going crisis in Ukraine.
Samantha Power said that Russia was ‘responding to an imaginary threat’ in Ukraine.
Apart from the obvious fear of international violence.
The Russian president is addressing journalists in Moscow this morning.
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It comes amid a warning from the US President that Russia is on “the wrong side of history”.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs met with other EU foreign ministers today to discuss the growing crisis with Russian troops taking over key strategic points in Ukraine’s Crimea.
The UK Foreign Secretary has said there will be “consequences and costs” to any military action.
“I can see Crimea from my house…”
Over the last 24 hours, 10 Russian combat helicopters and eight military cargo planes have landed on the Black Sea peninsula.
Russia’s partners in the G8 have condemned Moscow’s military escalation and cancelled their participation in preparations for the group’s summit in Sochi this June.
Gilmore said Russia is obliged to respect Ukraine’s independence.
The NATO council is meeting today to discuss tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukraine has put troops on alert after Russia authorised the use of force in Crimea.
The peninsula has become a flashpoint in tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
President Barack Obama warned of the ‘costs’ of military intervention.
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Up to 50 men with weapons marched into the buildings in the Crimea region overnight. Regional leaders have said they will “take measures”.
The average age of the dead found at a site in Sebastopol was less than 30 years – the discovery could indicate many more bodies were buried in the area.
However, police insist the Ukrainian teenager was killed by a “troubled classmate.”
